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Home » US Law » 2022 Georgia Code » Title 23 - Equity » Chapter 1 - General Provisions » § 23-1-21. Compulsion to Litigate

Equity will not force persons to litigate in order to have done what they ought to do and are willing to do voluntarily.

History. Civil Code 1895, § 3935; Civil Code 1910, § 4532; Code 1933, § 37-118.

History of Code section.

This Code section is derived from the decisions in Sperry & Niles v. Haslam, 57 Ga. 412 (1876) and Blalock v. Newhill, 78 Ga. 245 , 1 S.E. 383 (1887).